29 August 2024

23 links · Thursday

Invisible asymptotes in vertical software

Vertical software is a great category to build and invest in. But the label and strategies behind it are quickly becoming irrelevant. The opportunity to build vertically focused companies is larger than ever, but the winners and their strategies won’t look lik…

I spent an evening on a fictitious web

Paul is a Developer Advocate for Chrome and the Open Web at Google and loves to help make web development easier.

Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over

Algorithms are no longer a Get out of Jail free card. The Third Circuit ruled that TikTok must stand trial for manipulating children into harming themselves. The business model of big tech is over.

Bypassing airport security via SQL injection

We discovered a serious vulnerability in the Known Crewmember (KCM) and Cockpit Access Security System (CASS) programs used by the Transportation Security Administration.

Do You Need Multi-tenancy?

This article discusses whether you need a multi-tenancy architecture for your next project. Answer my critical questions to decide if…

The 4-chan Go programmer

A very silly concurrency exercise in using Go channels that send channels that send channels that send channels.

Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch

Forcing customers to replace an entire system just because the cheapest component failed might be really profitable, I have no idea… But I do know that it annoyed me enough to make me want to fix it myself. While I understand that what I do next is beyond a la…